Vanda

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See also: vanda, vända, and vånda

Translingual

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Vanda roeblingiana

Etymology

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New Latin, from Sanskrit वन्दाक (vandāka), वन्दाका (vandākā, Vanda tesselata)

Proper noun

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Vanda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – prized for its flowers, considered to be the most highly evolved of all orchids.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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References

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish Wanda.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vanda f

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Proper noun

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Vanda m anim (female equivalent Vandová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vanda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

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Vanda f

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Vanda was the only given name of 1676 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

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Vanda f

  1. a female given name

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vanda f

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Proper noun

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Vanda m pers (female equivalent Vandová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vanda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Polish Wanda.

Proper noun

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Vanda c (genitive Vandas)

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Vanda n (genitive Vandas)

  1. Vantaa (a city in Finland)

Anagrams

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